{"id":59105,"date":"2021-03-15T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59105"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:43:39","slug":"grocery-bingo-calls-in-a-large-crowd-with-more-student-engagement-events-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59105","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Bingo calls in a large crowd with more student engagement events to come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY CJ GIBSON
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Student Engagement hosted a Grocery Bingo event, where students could play for the chance to win a bag of goodies. 
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Grocery Bingo had two different sessions: the first on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m. in McMindes 2R and the second on Wednesday in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
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The second session, however, had a significantly larger crowd of attendees. 
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Rylee Bretton, a Student Engagement employee at the event, was pleased with how many students were in attendance.
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\u201cI was very happy with the turnout. Tonight we started setting up at about 6:45 and we already had a line at the door which was crazy.\u201d Bretton said.
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\u201cOur turnout yesterday was good, but we were in a smaller room, so tonight we definitely had a lot more people. We also had people who didn\u2019t win the first day who came to the second night as well.\u201d
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Each round students played to win a tote bag filled with various snacks as provided by Student Engagement. Once the bags were won, students participated in shorter rounds for the chance to win a t-shirt.
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Rhe Villegas, a sophomore Informatics major at FHSU, was one of the winners. 
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\u201cIt was fun,\u201d Villegas said, \u201cI goofed myself in the beginning: I thought we were playing regular bingo and I had a straight line and I yelled bingo. I had a good laugh out of it.\u201d
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Regarding the bag of snacks he won, Villegas said, \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be great for like the next month hopefully. It\u2019s great; I like it.\u201d
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Another winner, Katie, is a junior Nursing major. 
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\u201cI thought it was fun,\u201d Katie said, \u201cI\u2019m planning on giving whatever I don\u2019t need to some of my other friends so that I won\u2019t be hoarding for nothing.\u201d
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While neither Katie nor Villegas expressed worries over access to food this semester, the Tiger Food Exchange is available to provide food to students in need.
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